| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 173 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-166) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Cover; SIMILE AND IDENTITY IN OVID'S METAMORPHOSES; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: Metamorphosis and simile; ACTAEON; PENTHEUS; ORPHEUS; HYACINTHUS; DEUCALION AND PYRRHA; LICHAS; ADONIS; CHAPTER 2: The gods and the simile; CHAPTER 3: The simile and genre; CEYX; HECUBA; APOLLO AND DAPHNE; ACHILLES AND NESTOR; CHAPTER 4: Simile and fictionality; NARCISSUS; HOUSE OF SLEEP; ATALANTA AND HIPPOMENES; Conclusion: The protean nature of the simile; STATES OF BEING; MATERIALITY AND EKPHRASIS; Bibliography; Index locorum; General index. |
| Summary |
The first monograph on Ovid's epic simile, offering fresh perspectives on central episodes of this important work. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses.
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Metamorphoses (Ovid) |
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Metamorphoses. |
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Simile.
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Simile. |
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Identity (Psychology) in literature.
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Identity (Psychology) in literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Von Glinski, Marie Louise, 1975- Simile and identity in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 9780521760966 (OCoLC)757931203 |
| ISBN |
9781139223683 (electronic book) |
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1139223682 (electronic book) |
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1139217151 (electronic book) |
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9781139217156 (electronic book) |
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9781139220255 |
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113922025X |
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9781139032315 (ebook) |
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1139032313 (ebook) |
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9780521760966 |
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0521760968 |
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